MSG can be as insideous.
At 06:25 AM 8/21/2011, you wrote:
Hi all,
I cannot say that I can speak of any of these from personal experience, with the exception of Aspartame. This product is a multi-billion dollar per year product made by the Monsanto company. Seriously – do an Internet search on "aspartame poisoning" and read some of the articles. It may scare the pants off you.
When I was diagnosed with aspartame poisoning a few years ago, I was drinking about two gallons of Diet Pepsi a day. You see, aspartame poisoning has 92 known side effects – not quenching thirst being one of them. Of those 92 side effects, I had 16. Headaches were so debilitating that I had to lay down to take a nap. Long story short – I weaned myself off aspartame over a period of about 10 weeks so the shock to my system wasn't severe. I'd also like to point out that people drink diet sodas all the time and exclaim, "I've never had a problem!". True, but if you store your soda in a warm room, where temperatures can reach into the 80's or higher – the methanol is activated to severe levels.
However, even the cold sodas contain that methanol and can do damage to your system. It also accentuates such diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to name just two. Why do you think Michael J. Fox stopped endorsing Diet Pepsi? It was affecting his Parkinson's disease.
Folks – this is something to not mess around with and if I can convince people to educate themselves and stop consuming aspartame – then my message has been meaningful.
This is the site I like to share with people about the disease, even though it doesn't list all 92 symptoms. Take note of the list of reactions / symptoms and the list of diseases this can mimic or worsen.
http://www.aspartamekills.com/symptoms.htm
The other site I like to share has a fuller list of the symptoms and has some great information on the disease.
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html
Good luck!
Gil
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> The 10 Worst Food Ingredients You Should Avoid Like the Plague
> Article Source:
> http://www.healthiertalk.com/print/4066
>
>
> Food companies use lots of unhealthful and dodgy ingredients to extend
> shelf life, add gaudy colors, and make us crave their products.
>
> You can (and should!) steer clear of these toxic, tacky ingredients to
> protect your family�s health. When enough of us say �no way,� these food
> companies will get the message and clean up their act.
>
> Here are the top 10 �worst of the worst� in our opinion (not necessarily
> ranked in order of the harm they do)�
>
> 2. Aspartame
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> What it is: One of the most widely-used artificial sweeteners.
>
> Why It�s Bad: Like MSG, aspartame is an excitotoxin. It also is believed to
> be carcinogenic, and produces neurotoxic effects such as headaches,
> dizziness, blurry vision, and gastrointestinal disturbances.
>
> Aspartame contains 10-percent methanol,
> < http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html>which is shown
> [2] to be broken down by the body into the toxic by-products formic acid
> and formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is considered to be a potent nerve toxin and
> carcinogen, which may explain why aspartame accounts for more reports to
> the FDA of adverse reactions than all other foods and food additives combined.
>
> AKA: NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Spoonful, Natrataste, AminoSweet, plus
> others.
>
> It�s Found In: Over 6,000 products contain it, including diet and
> sugar-free sodas and drinks, sugar-free chewing gum, yogurt, breath mints,
> instant breakfasts, frozen desserts, juice beverages, and gelatins.
>
> Avoid Its Pals: Splenda (Sucralose), Sweet �n� Low (saccharine)
>
